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oapen-20.500.12657-316212021-11-04T14:14:39Z Polaris Bessels, Emil Barr, William History Greenland bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History Emil Bessels was chief scientist and medical officer on George Francis Hall's ill-fated American North Pole Expedition of 1871-73 on board the ship Polaris. Bessels' book, translated from the German in its entirety for the first time, is one of only two first-hand accounts of the voyage, and it is the only first-hand account of the experiences of the group which stayed with the ship after it ran afoul of arctic ice, leaving some of its crew stranded on an ice floe. Bessels and the others spent a second winter on shore in Northwest Greenland, where the drifting, disabled ship ran aground. Hall died suspiciously during the first winter, and Bessels is widely suspected of having poisoned him. Bill Barr has uncovered new evidence of a possible motive. Essential reading for researchers and students of arctic exploration history, this book is also a compelling read for the interested general reader. 2017-03-01 23:55:55 2020-01-27 15:25:07 2020-04-01T13:42:34Z 2020-04-01T13:42:34Z 2016 book 626399 OCN: 962129505 9781552388761 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31621 eng Northern Lights application/pdf n/a 626399.pdf University of Calgary Press 10.26530/oapen_626399 100652 10.26530/oapen_626399 5c7afbd8-3329-4175-a51e-9949eb959527 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781552388761 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Calgary 100652 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Emil Bessels was chief scientist and medical officer on George Francis Hall's ill-fated American North Pole Expedition of 1871-73 on board the ship Polaris. Bessels' book, translated from the German in its entirety for the first time, is one of only two first-hand accounts of the voyage, and it is the only first-hand account of the experiences of the group which stayed with the ship after it ran afoul of arctic ice, leaving some of its crew stranded on an ice floe. Bessels and the others spent a second winter on shore in Northwest Greenland, where the drifting, disabled ship ran aground. Hall died suspiciously during the first winter, and Bessels is widely suspected of having poisoned him. Bill Barr has uncovered new evidence of a possible motive.
Essential reading for researchers and students of arctic exploration history, this book is also a compelling read for the interested general reader.
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